KU softball falls on walkoff; WU softball ends season

KU BASEBALL ROLLS BY BAYLOR:The Kansas baseball team scored six runs and pounded out seven hits in the second inning on the way to a 10-2 win over the Baylor Bears on Saturday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark.

The six-run second inning for Kansas (25-20, 8-9 Big 12) dug a hole too deep for BU (19-24, 5-11 Big 12) to climb out of, as the Bears managed just two runs off KU’s starter, junior right-hander Robert Kahana (3-5).

KANSAS STATE BASEBALL LOSES TO WEST VIRGINIA:The Kansas State baseball team allowed three runs in the bottom of the ninth to allow West Virginia to clinch the series with a 6-5 walkoff win Saturday at Hawley Field in Morgantown. A two-run home run by Blair DeBord gave K-State (23-21, 4-10 Big 12) a 5-2 lead in the third, but neither team scored a run after the third inning until the three-run ninth by the Mountaineers (23-16, 6-7 Big 12).

WU BASEBALL SCORES 22, LOSES:The Ichabods tied a school record with a 14-run inning in the second game Saturday at Northeastern State but then gave up a 13-run inning on way to a 23-22 loss. They also lost the opener, 6-5, in the sweep that wrapped up the MIAA portion of the schedule.

The Ichabods (25-22, 22-18 MIAA) will finish the regular season at 3 p.m. Tuesday with a game at William Jewell. They will also await the MIAA Tournament bracket announcement to see where they will play Friday when the best-of-three first round starts.

KU SOFTBALL FALLS ON WALKOFF: No. 14 Baylor’s walkoff home run in the seventh inning Saturday spoiled a complete game by Kansas’ Kelsey Kessler as the Jayhawks fell 2-1 in Waco. KU (29-18, 3-8) outhit the Bears 7-4.

WU SOFTBALL MISSES MIAA TOURNAMENT, ENDS SEASON:The Washburn softball team saw its season end after being swept at Lindenwood with losses of 7-2 and 6-4 on Saturday. The Ichabods were in a strong position to make the MIAA Tournament entering this weekend but lost their last four games of the season. Washburn (20-23, 12-14 MIAA) finished in a four-way tie for seventh place in the conference standings, missing out on the eight-team MIAA Tournament after losing the tiebreakers.

WU MEN’S TENNIS SEASON ENDS:The Washburn men’s tennis team ended its season with a 5-0 loss to Northwest Missouri State in the MIAA Tournament semifinals on Saturday at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Mo. Washburn finished the season with a 7-13 record.

TRACK COACH’S BOOK SIGNING SET:A book signing for Joe Schrag’s book, “The Kansas Relays: Track and Field Tradition in the Heartland,’’ will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Monday at Garry Gribble’s Running Sports, 2130 Wanamaker Road. Schrag was a longtime track/cross country coach and athletic director at Topeka West and is a member of the KU Relays Hall of Fame and the Topeka Shawnee County Sports Council Hall of Fame. The book includes 17 full-color chapters and more than 250 photographs.

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